Overview
Public health is the organized science and practice of protecting and improving the health of populations rather than individual patients. It works through surveillance, prevention, health promotion, environmental and behavioral intervention, and the management of health systems and services, with the aim of reducing the burden of disease and narrowing inequities in health outcomes. The discipline is structured around interlocking functions: monitoring the distribution and determinants of disease in defined populations, identifying risk factors, designing and evaluating interventions, and translating evidence into policy and community action. Core domains include epidemiology, communicable and non-communicable disease control, maternal and child health, environmental and occupational health, and the strengthening of health information and service-delivery systems. Research in this area spans the control of infectious threats such as vector-borne arboviral disease and pandemic respiratory infection, the prevention of chronic conditions including cardiovascular disease, and the assessment of how environmental change, air quality, social isolation, and access to facilities shape health. It also examines data quality, knowledge, attitudes, and practices within communities, and partnerships between health and social services. Effective public health relies on integrating biological, behavioral, and structural knowledge to anticipate threats and allocate resources where population benefit is greatest.
Research published in this journal
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
Impact of Climate Change on Public Health in Rwanda
Osteoarthritis, COVID-19 Social Isolation-Impacts, and Counter Solutions
Users Perception and Factors Affecting Data Quality in Nyarugenge Public Health Facility, Rwanda
Fostering Partnerships between Public Health Functions within Health and Social Services Organizations: A Perspective from the Province of Quebec (Canada)
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices about Cardiovascular Diseases among Adult Patients Attending Public Health Centers in Kigali city, Rwanda
COVID-19 and Hip Osteoarthritis Disability-Linkages and Emerging Practice Implications
COVID-19, and Vitamin D, and Air Pollution Global Epidemics Impact on Older Adults
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Disclosure of HIV Diagnosis to Infected Children Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment in Public Health Care Facilities in Gauteng, South Africa
The Risk of Oropharyngeal Cancer from E-Cigarette Use: An Urgent Public Health Concern
Potential Impact of Aedes Albopictus (Skuse,1894), an Arbovirus and Nematode Vector, on Human Public Health
How this research is being cited
The 12 articles above have been cited 26 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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Anita Gurung et al. · 2025 · Purbanchal University Health Journal
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2024 · Annals of Global Health
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2024 · Heliyon
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Wondmneh Yoseph et al. · 2024 · International Archives of Nursing and Health Care
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